Bottle-stopper.



PATENTED SEPT. 20, 1904.

F. ILLES.

BOTTLE STOPPER.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 7, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

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Patented September 20, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

FRANCIS ILLFIS, OF BUDAPEST, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.

BOTTLE-STOPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 77 0,721, dated September 20, 1904.

Original application filed October 23, 1901, Serial No. 79,738. No. 180,275.

To all whont it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANoIs ILLEs, a subject of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, residing at Budapest, Austria-Hungary, have invented a certain new and useful Improved Bottle-Stopper, of which the following is a description'.

The present invention relates to bottlestoppers for bottles containing aerated or other liquids under pressure; and it consists of the details of construction hereinafter set forth, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In order to render the present specification easily intelligible, reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of reference denote similar parts throughout both views.

Figure 1 is a part vertical section through the stopper and upper part of the bottle, and Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on the line in a: of Fig. 1.

The stopper or bottle-closure g is provided with a boring or opening a and is fitted into the bottle-neck f advantageously by means of a rubber or other packing ring 9. The stopper is further provided with a lateral orifice 0, into which a valve extends, consisting of a rubber or other sheath having the valvebody Z2 formed thereon and being mounted on or drawn over the arm d of a bell-crank lever d h. The sheath Z) is provided with a flange is, which fits over the lateral orifice and may be tightly secured in position by means of a ring Z, to which the bell-crank Divided and this application filed November '7, 1903. Serial (No model.)

lever is pivoted, extending round the stopper and being tightened up by means of a clamping-screw p. v

A spring c' is inserted between the handle or arm 72 and the stopper g, which spring has the tendency to press the handle it outwardly, and thus to hold the head 6 of the valve tightly against the end of the orifice a and keep the bottle closed. When liquid is to be poured out, the handle it is simply pressed against or toward the stopper, and the valve-head 6 thus forced away from the opening a, so that the liquid will flow out under pressure.

I claim as my invention- In a bottle-closure, the combination of a bell-crank lever having one arm extending approximately horizontally into the bottleclosure and carrying a Valve of yielding material adapted to close the outlet-channel of the bottle-closure and having the other arm located outside the bottle-closure and extending upwardly in proximity to the closure, a spring to normally hold the bell-crank in position to retain the said valve closed and a band around the bottle-closure to support the bell-crank pivotally in the said bottle-closure,

'and means for rendering the joint to the interior of the bottle air-tight, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two witnesses.

FRANCIS ILLES. Witnesses:

JuLIUs R0131, LOUIS VANDoRY. 

